
Mental Illness Conversation Pitfalls- 6 Things to Avoid Saying
My family, and my family of origin, have dealt with the challenges of mental illness. Over the years I have heard a refrain of common responses when I sought support from friends or relatives.


A Parent’s Reckoning
…seeing and accepting our adult children clearly for who they are and the choices they make, even if we wouldn’t make those same choices for them…


How to Enjoin My Non-joiners to Join Something (?)
I share all this, because like my aunt, I have two sons who are not joiners. Like so many people, they work from home. “Your world is too small,” I tell them.
